Reviews continuities and discontinuities in the field of developmental psychology between 1970 and the early 1980s, limiting discussion to areas of cognition and learning. Three major theoretical trends are identified: Piagetian, behavioristic, and information-processing. The field is perceived as fragmented, and it is expected that such…

Hoffman's conceptualization of the relationship between disciplinary techniques and moral development was tested for accountability of findings that delinquents score lower than nondelinquents on five measures of moral development. Disciplinary methods were found to account for differential moral development of delinquent versus nondelinquent…

The ability to communicate effectively is fundamental to communication education. For internal validity, communication educators need to concentrate on knowledge-building (competence) and skills training (performance). For external validity, the speech communication discipline must establish a common understanding of its work and send clear…

Student behaviors listed by teachers as most detrimental to the teaching process are lack of motivation and interest, resistance to discipline, and failing to follow directions. Least detrimental actions are poor attendance, lack of confidence, and sullen behavior. (FL)

Reports the results of a schoolwide intervention technique aimed at changing some key attitudes of students identified as inhibitors. (FL)

Sets forth guidelines that teachers can use in dealing with "difficult" students. (FL)

Applies a recently suggested method for the automatic indexing of full text to extracts from the Brown Corpus and finds that scientific and technical extracts give rise to a larger number of index terms than social science and humanities extracts. Four tables and an 8-item reference list accompany the text. (Author/JL)

The Secretary of Education explains the proposals to amend regulations of the Education for All Handicapped Children Act. He discusses paperwork reduction, evaluation streamlining, medical services, disciplinary procedures, effect of placement on nonhandicapped, and changes in eligibility criteria. (CT)

One of the competencies needed by teachers working with mainstreamed handicapped students is behavior management. The inservice system offers excellent opportunities for providing teachers with continued updating of their professional skills. (JN)

Compares extracts from James Coleman's study of public and private schools to a smaller investigation by the author. (WD)

A teacher of gifted primary students reviews findings from a parent questionnaire, describes common features of gifted preschoolers, considers family problems such as discipline related to having a gifted family member, and stresses the importance of children deciding their own future. (CL)

Results revealed that college students were significantly more punitive toward a child labeled "mentally retarded" than were fourth graders, the labeled child received a significantly less severe punishment than did the nonlabeled child, and the child received the most severe punishment when s/he reacted defiantly and obtained a reward when s/he…

A middle school teacher describes how his class actually practiced democracy by writing a classroom constitution. Students made rules by which they were governed within the classroom. (RM)

The programs that will become the chief medium for giving women's studies a permanent place in the academic world are those in which scholars with other intellectual affiliations and interests work simultaneously (1) to develop women's studies and (2) to integrate its materials into the long-established university department. (MLW)

A survey of 3,100 students, teachers, and principals in 47 elementary and secondary schools in the Middle Atlantic region, using the Pupil Control Behavior Form, revealed a positive association between principals' humanistic pupil control behavior and schools'"robustness" (the degree of meaning and excitement students find in school).…